(This post is a continuation of The Dutch Connection: How Seventeenth Century Dutch Privateers Became Barbary Corsairs in North Africa[…]
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The idea that Dutch privateers should have ended up among the Barbary corsairs of North Africa may at first seem[…]
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Barbary corsairs weren’t just pirates. They were part of a larger enterprise. There was a religious element to that enterprise:[…]
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It’s been two weeks since I last posted anything in this blog. My apologies. I’ve been overwhelmed with last-minute work[…]
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